DOMESTIC NEWS: Senior General Than Shwe sends message of felicitations to President of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania; Vice-Senior General Maung Aye welcomes Chief of Army Staff of People's Republic of Bangladesh; Cash donation made for ceremony to pay respect to doyen literati; Education sector witnesses sustained progress; Vice-Senior General Maung Aye, wife Daw Mya Mya San host dinner in honour of visiting Bangladeshi delegation; Wife of visiting Chief Army Staff of People's Republic of Bangladesh and party visit MMCWA; Rakhine State enjoying fruits of development; Mayangone BEHS No 1 equipped with multimedia classrooms; Minister inspects factories; Functions of dry day inspection teams supervised in Yangon City; Sayadaw Bhaddanata Kumara held; Vice-Senior General Maung Aye receives Chief of ARmy Staff of People's Republic of Bangladesh; Local farmers urged to grow high yield and quality paddy strains in Dawei region..."PERSPECTIVES":"Exert constact efforts for producing quality goods"...FEATURE:"Native place in arid zone turns lush and green"